The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-08-03
TIE EVIDENCE .ALL#IN
1NrIrE VAN BAKER MURDER TRIAL
And the Argument of Counsel will Begin
Fe-aay-The tDetense'a Principal VIE.
nessoa Disputed by othcrs Yesterday.
An Engineer who snw tho two Mon.

hae taken Huph deep Interest. Xxx
Ralston was called by the State. II
said: Tho funeral was on Thursday,
think. l5
On the day before tho funeral near til,
McWha house did you Say to Thoma
Sharpe, ~ want you to stand whore I say
Eliza, and you to look and 500 what yot
can see?" 5''f Iiy}.I'S.5l5 rs
! don't know. ;9'5E, y
Did no says"No; I don't want to be
witness in this case ?" Sya71inll
| don't know.
Did you say, "a man can be sure o.
nothing; what I say 10 I think l saw her
and that Ia what will swear to?" Il
! don't recollec.. "
On the public road in front Of Wright's
house In Holidays Cove on the day thit
Jury was sworn, did you Say Nov the
jury Ia sworn, I am ready to bet some
sum that Baker will never be convicted
and did you ssy it before Wilcoxen and
others? III. sEy & y ls.2'5
| can't recollect.
Did you ct the same place and time
make the came remark before William
Davidson? Err
I can't remember; there has been sc
much talk. Z. 7a
Did you point out the place to Albert
Lee where you stood when you said you
cav Mr.. Baker? gf' a Z. !,
place. : 5<f5t
Did you point out the place to BARLEY
Campbell that you did to Lse?
Yes, as nearly aa could. s %
Cross'exsmined by defense-You say
everybody Ia talking about it down there
There Is general talk. 5Gtgt9
A. G. Lee called-Say what you did as
to pointing ont the place where he stood
when he says he saw Eliza. TIES, s
It was thirty.ave feet from the fence.
The attorneys we're passing through the
garden yard, where Eliza was as Ralston
stated. Patterson and Peterson and 9th.
srs were there with me. There were sew.
enteen persons in the garden. could
recognize but few of them. The tales!
men, we could See their collars and heads;
Baker We could sec to the shoulders.
Gross. was on the com.
mona. The garden!in level. l am feel
104 inches. sl7'2 33'.zjs -sS''5 q
How much more could q man feet
inches ses over the fencs than you could
Mrs. Raker was about feet inches
4 man feet 5 could see 8 little more than
l could. We were standing three feel
Nearer the fence than Raiston said be was
standing when ha saw Eliza. n: ~
Cross'examined-Tne ground raises 9
little as you 50 back. 35E
Ga motion Of defense the testimony Of
Lee was stricken out. IT,: :
1MrEAcuISG BAKER. 5is
Frank Rsiston-I am cousin Of Samuel
Ralston. Had talk with Baker the last
day Judge Jacob was on the bench. I war
in tho corridor of tho jail. Al,
What vas said about Albert Lse in con,
nection with the murder? N jt!
Examination suspended and Baker put
on the stsnd.
Did you in prison, in conversation with
Frank Ra.ston, speaking of Albert Lee
say, HE ought to be here OF. in the nexl
call, as ne did this deed ?" 1T 5yfi,, Nav Z
I don't recollecs that did. ~, +, "a
Now, Mr.. Ralaton, what do you say
about this conversation Ns,' &. i,
Baker said, "'Albsst Lee will get his
neck in the halter iuatead Of mine. He
will be in the next CELL" he said be
would have him arrested next week.
Motion:to strike out Sustained on thu
grounds that the foundation was not prop
erly laid. s5tf
L Baker recallsd-Did you say to Samuel
Ralslon that Lees neck wonld be in iht
rope? -s7:2ri
Idon't recollect. & 81 5,{
Did you aek him shout the gallowt
erected in the Cove? Did you tell Ralstor
that Albert Lees neck would 20 into thai
rope /? e ~. 4
I'VE were talking Of conspiracy, wher
I ssid Lees neck would be in that rope
Did you say to RslHton that Lee woull
get into the next cell? SIS Y TIL + /
I did. S ..a, 4 h 4 re Z
Ralston then said that Baker said moth
! ing about any conspiracy. He said lie,
would occupy the next cell next week.
Robert Mason-I am working on th,
new railroad. q know Samuel Ralstou; ]
saw him at the McWha house on Wed
nesday, May II; I said to him, II guess i
| Is alila family etair; Baker done it.
Ralston said, II think not I will do any
thing in tho world thatI can to clear thu
man. know Mike Donnell !; he wen
to Ohio yesterday morning; 4 was work
! ing with him in Lees orchard all day: OF
Monday, May 0; We quit at O'Clock
met the KeaSgy4 boy between Keaggy'
and Browns etote as was going home
Mike Donnell was ntill down the road :.
know the boy we'll. E, 4
n Cross.exRmined--Mike and 7 went t,
Steubenville yesterday morning; I hay,
been with Mike since the first OF April OF
the railroad; Imet the boy D. q. Keagg,
at about S o'clock. 4 ,S X. Il 6 4
WANTS TO LYNCH HIN. N,
Are you the man who wanted to lyncl
this prisoner Z
Yes, I am; and I would like to do i
yet! II. &55 x.
t3EI came into the State in Februsry last
I never lynched anybody. waa not tax
ing about lynching 10 Ralaton. "a 7stt3339
Redirect had heard that Bake
charged the railroad men with the mul
der. i. W.
Il. H. iWilcoxen-Il was working viii
Mason and Donnellg in Less orchard o,
the Monday quit work at G o'clock;
went home when l quit work; I haule
the bush over to the creek; l passed an
irepuesed every hour. I made the tri
every hour I would pass the place wher
the Keaegy boy was said to have bee
sitting that afternoon; l did not SOC him
on any OF my trips. I passed the plac
about one pannel away from the tele
graph pole. We had help to load tn
] brnph & I unhitched my last load at tn
county road and left It there;5it was dsr
then. * 81 II w: 4 n 81 - 4.
S oas.examined-Don't remember I
/ seeing any boy that day. on tho fence. "A
I5 Ra.direct-l heard Of the boy sitting q
| the fence shortly alter the murder. 5 gt7i9j
a A. G. Lee-Is 1t true you went to til
i iail intoxicated and he threatened to hay
you put ont, and that then you sal,
! aGod damn you, ! will DO even with 70
TT il ali false. He always askad ma I,